If Rick Perry earns the GOP nom, is there a chance Obama won’t be his opponent?

Sometimes even asking the question can be enough to stir the pot. Joe Scarborough did just that this morning on his MSNBC show, Morning Joe, when he pondered the possibility that Barack Obama may not seek a second term.

“Nobody on September 19, 1967 ever dreamed in a million years that six months later Lyndon Johnson would announce to the country on March the 30th that he was not running for reelection. Six months is a lifetime…If these numbers keep going down, is there any possibility that this president decides to step down?”